U5569462@ucsvc.unimelb.edu.au (DAVID CLUNIE) (07/09/89)
I would be most grateful if someone would explain what anonymous ftp means. I take it that it is a means of extracting things from archive sites, but the mechanism escapes me. Thanks ... David
MBramwel@business.uwo.ca (Mark Bramwell 519 661-3714) (07/10/89)
The internet links universities, colleges, research centers, plus alot of major businesses together across Canada, US, and Europe. If connected to the internet, you have access to a few pieces of software on your machine. FTP means file transfer protocol. You could type FTP mbramwel.uwo.ca and your pc would be joined to mine. When connected, you would be asked to give a userid/password. The accepted standard is to create an userid called 'anonymous' with no password. Once the connection has been made, I appear to be a read-only disk drive ( due to access restrictions of anonymous ). You can DIR or GET or SEND files or CD(Change Directory) plus a few more commands on my machine. Great system! There are lots of servers that have the userid 'anonymous' with no password. If your software can't sort out name resolution, you may have to give the real internet address [129.100.22.1] as an example.
RAYMOND@ducvax.auburn.edu (Raymond M. A. Erdey) (07/10/89)
Hi, FTP stands for "File Transfer Protical", This program allows a user to logon to other systems that allow "anonymous ftp" access; and then transfer $on Error then $ $! SIMTEL20.ARPA = 26.0.0.74 $Set Process/Name="Sim-Get" $ SET DEFAULT [RAYMOND.TEMP] $on Error then $Goto End $ ftp open 26.2.0.74 anonymous raymond open 26.2.0.74 anonymous raymond open 26.2.0.74 anonymous raymond open 26.2.0.74 anonymous raymond open 26.2.0.74 anonymous raymond open 26.2.0.74 anonymous raymond dir commandfile [raymond.up]sim-getb.com $!commandfile [raymond.up]sim-idx.com $End: $ exit binary quote "type l 8" cd pd1:<msdos.autocad> get adiplot.arc bye cd pd1:<msdos.apl> dir cd pd1:<msdos.zip> dir binary quote "type l 8" cd pd1:<msdos.apl> get saplpc-b.arc bye TEXT and BINARY files from and to the remote site.